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THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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The White Sox crush the Red Sox
June 2,
1975 ...
Deron Johnson triggered a three-run fourth inning with
his fifth homer of the season and the Chicago White Sox went on to
beat the Red Sox by a score of 9 to 2.
Johnson had spent spring training with the Red Sox. He led off the
fourth with a home run over the left field screen. The hit snapped
Bill Lee's streak of not having allowed an earned run for 30 1/3
innings.
With one out in the fourth inning, Bill Stein then grounded a single
to right field and Buddy Bradford doubled off the left field wall.
Stein scored on Lee's errant pickoff throw to second and Bradford
came across on Brian Downing's ground single down the third base
line, giving Chicago a 3-0 lead.
The Red Sox picked up a run in the fourth inning on Fred Lynn's
triple to the 420 ft mark in center field and an infield out by Jim
Rice. The hit extended his hitting streak to seven games. In the
fifth inning a another run scored on a walk to Bernie Carbo who was
driven in on Rick Burleson's double off the wall, to cut the Chicago
lead to one run, 3-2.
Lee was in trouble right from the start. He got nicked for another
run in the seventh inning on Bob Coluccio's double off the scoreboard
in left-center and a single up the middle by Bucky Dent.
The White Sox broke open the game with five runs in the ninth inning
on a triple by Coluccio, a single by Dent, a double by Ken Henderson,
singles by Lee Richard and Stein, a sacrifice fly by Bradford and a
single by Downing.
The White Sox knocked out a season-high 17 hits in an attack finished
off with a five run ninth inning. Lee, who had allowed only 11 hits
in his three previous games, was tagged for 15 hits before finally
giving way to Dick Drago in the ninth inning. He allowed two hits and
one run in finishing up. |
